Thread: How Do I enable port 6881
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Old 12-05-2005, 16:38   #7
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Re: How Do I enable port 6881
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Originally Posted by AndrewJames
I prefer bittorrent as it has its other uses as well

And no I am not behind a router however I connection through my gf's laptop via ethernet cable right now.
you need install something to forward the port on the laptop.

ive used analogx port mapper before, seems to do the trick. best not to use port 6881 btw, pick a random number between about 49000 and 65535, set this in azureus and forward that instead.
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I can download although I have failed the test on port 6881 and I am told this can seriously affect my download rates and connectability in certain trackers and torrent file connections.
if there's just him transferring to you, and he is connectible (and publishing the torrent himself) then it should work.

not being connectible will slow down trnafers from torrents wth many downloaders, because you have to find them (rather than them finding you too)
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